J. G. Stalnaker
Life
Born: 21 May 1958
Biography
Composer and arranger of mostly sacred choral music, some secular choral music, and a few organ works. Educated at Stetson University, DeLand, FL, from which he received a BA, Liberal Arts degree, Music Emphasis (1986); Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, from which he received an MM, Music Theory (1992), and Doctoral studies in Music Theory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (ABD). He resides in Madison, WI, where he retired from full-time employment at the Division of Information Technology of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the year 2020. His compositions and arrangements have been performed by:
- Alburnett Community Schools, Alburnett, Iowa, under the direction of Joe Fagersten
- All Saint's Anglican Church, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, under the direction of Lesley de Voil
- Bethany Presbyterian Church, Seattle, Washington, under the direction of Jenn Cavanaugh, Interim Director of Worship and the Arts
- Brisbane Pride Choir, under the direction of Elliot Rentoul
- Choeur & Musique, Le Haillan, France, under the direction of Alexander Baratier
- Christian Science Church, Monroe, Wisconsin, performed by Barbara Smith
- Mass of St. Andrews the Fisherman (co-written with Ken Stancer) - Offertory
- Edington Priory Church in Wiltshire, England, under the direction of Andrew King
- First Baptist Church, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, under the direction of Evelyn Grieger, DMA
- First Congregational Church of Long Beach, Long Beach, California, under the direction of Curtis Heard
- Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Texas, under the direction of David Polley
- The JustUs Singers, Madison, Wisconsin, under the direction of Karen Julian
- Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, Pasadena, California, under the direction of Dr. Zanaida Robles, Director of Music
- The Olde Williamsburg Singers, under the direction of Paul Kenwood Cappers, D.M.A.
- Hark! I Hear the Harps Eternal, arr. Paul Kenwood Cappers
- Parish of Saint Vincent Ferrer and Saint Catherine of Siena, New York City, New York, under the direction of James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist
- Philharmonic Chorus of Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, under the direction of Dr. Patrick Gorman
- The Robert Sharon Chorale, West Palm Beach, Florida, under the direction of Dr. Robert Sharon (performed on European tour in Brussels, Ghent, Liege and Bruges, Belgium)
- St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, Wisconsin, under the direction of Ken Stancer, organist and Music Director
- St. Henry District High School, Erlanger, Kentucky, under the direction of Ms. I. Keyes as a senior project
- St. John's United Church of Christ, Southport, IN, under the direction of Ryan Endris
- St. Michael & All Angels, Ledbury, UK, under the direction of Philip Holland
- St. Matthias Episcopal Church, Minocqua, Wisconsin, under the direction of George Behr
- Mass of St. Andrews the Fisherman (co-written with Ken Stancer)
- St. Paul & the Redeemer Episcopal Church, Chicago, Illinois, under the direction of Christian M. Clough, Director of Music
- St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, under the direction of Adam Bergstresser
- St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, under the direction of Nicole Van Tiem
- Schola Cantorum Silicon Valley, Mountain View, California, under the direction of Buddy James, Artistic Director; Dan Morris, Executive Director
- The Temple Church, London, England, under the direction of Roger Sayer, Organist and Director of Music
- United Presbyterian Church of Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, under the direction of Aimee Backus
- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Marinette Campus, West Shore Chorale, Marinette, WI, under the direction of Jane Wells
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Chamber Choir, Madison, Wisconsin, under the direction of Dr. Jamie Armstrong
- Used for a virtual reality video made for an app being developed by PhD researcher Susan Tupper at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The app is being used to study the effects on music, particularly a choir rehearsal singing Down to the River to Pray and other songs, on the health of people with dementia and other cognitive degenerative diseases.
- Western Presbyterian Church, Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia, under the direction of Ariel Nathanson Bolinja
Additional works by this person as Editor here.
List of choral works
Arrangements by J. G. Stalnaker
- Ave regina caelorum, H. 22 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
- Down in the river to pray (Traditional)
- Entre le bœuf et l'âne gris (Traditional)
- There is a balm in Gilead (Traditional)
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